Savvy

Savvy was a pretty entertaining book about a family that has special talents, or "savvy," which they recieve on their thirteenth birthday. It's a pretty funny book and each of the kids' savvy is pretty interesting - one has electricity and another can manipulate the weather. Well, it's the 13th birthday of the next to get her savvy and quite the adventure unfolds!

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Wow! This was a really interesting and funny book. I think I saw that Alicia read it and then I saw that mom had it checked out from the library. When I saw that the author was Mary Roach, the author of the "My Planet" column in Reader's Digest, I just knew I had to read it. I found this book (about different uses/testing/etc. for cadavers) was really interesting AND funny. If you like the dry humor, I'd recommend it. I also found that she's written two other books, Bonk and Spook. I just might read them too.

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

Just finished The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. I now realize that this is the second book about these characters. I really liked this book. It was a really fun story about four sisters and some of their experiences. These girls learn some great life lessons through their actions. Each has her own struggles to face throughout the story, and each manages to get through it in a fun way. I can't wait to read the previous book now!

The Black Circle

I'm not really sure what The 39 Clues series is all about. I just read the fifth book in the series and I liked it rather well. From what I understand, each book is written by a different author and each leads two kids, Amy and he brother Dan Cahill through many adventures as they race to find the 39 clues (which will eventually lead to great power?) These seem like some fun books. Each one comes with cards that have clues on them, which is kind of fun. I think that kids can probable learn a lot about history and geography from these. I think I'll try to read some more and figure out what might lead me to find great power! (I guess I'll have to backtrack a little to find the previous 4 clues they've already got on me!)

Catching Fire

I just finished Catching Fire, the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. This was a great second book. Many times, the middle book simply exists to get you to the third book, but isn't very good or entertaining. This one was both good and entertaining. It brought a lot more plot than most seconds do. It was gripping and now I can't wait until the third!

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games was such a good book! It gets five stars from me! This story was so gripping that I couldn't put it down. I was in the hospital when I started it and frankly I didn't care if I had a visitor. I just wanted to read! A lot of the time, when a book is recommended to me, I prefer to NOT know what it's about. I'm so glad that I didn't read the dust jacket on this one. (I think that it would have ruined it for me.) I can't wait to start the second book (which just came out on the 1st.) I'm going to make Jed read this for sure.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey

While in the hospital for the second time, I finished The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. I actually liked this one better than the first. This was a fun story of mystery and adventure! The characters in these are really fun and creative. Each one is so unique and fun! I would surely recommend it!